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Category Archives: Scytherspace
Cumbria Scythe Weekend
What a weekend! Under glorious blue skies I spent two fantastic days of mowing at Sprint Mill near Kendal. On Saturday I ran the second of my ‘Mowing with an Austrian Scythe’ courses for a group of 6 students. This … Continue reading
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Tagged beginners, hay making, improvers, learn to mow, learn to scythe, mowing course, refresher, scythe
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Extra Extra!
In amongst all the other goings-on at this year’s Somerset Scythe Festival was a woman searching out extras for a scene in the new Anna Karenina film starring Jude Law and Keira Knightley. By all accounts there’s a scene featuring … Continue reading
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Tagged anna karenina, film, movie, scythe
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Haystack Race
Almost forgot, the ‘Haystack Race’ was won by Simon Fairlie and Mike Ingram of ‘Team Pitchfork’. What the winning time was, or how a winner was even chosen is beyond me.
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Tagged haystack, race, scythe, scythe festival, somer
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Somerset 2011 – race times
As a follow-up to the race report, here’s all the times and quality marks for the individual competition along with a couple of photos of the expert team of judges and Simon Fairlie, festival organiser, scythe importer, compere and horn-blower. … Continue reading
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Tagged competition, scythe festival, somerset
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Somerset Scythe Festival 2011 – the results
I’ve been going to the Somerset Scythe Festival since it started in 2005 and, in those 6 years, we’ve had sunshine for every event bar the odd short shower. So maybe we were due some rain and this year we … Continue reading
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Tagged competition, race, scythe, scythe festival, somerset
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Back from the 7th Somerset Scythe Festival
Just back from the my trip away to Edale and then Somerset. A week full of steel, blades, mowing and some rain. A brilliant week; such a lot happened that I’ll take a day or two to sort through the … Continue reading
Sharpening and strickles
As every mower soon learns keeping ones blade sharp is one of the key elements to success with a scythe. After four years of practice I can make a reasonable job of sharpening, but I am not yet satisfied that … Continue reading
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Tagged scythe, sharpening, strickle, traditional tool
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Off to Somerset
Tomorrow I’m heading off on the annual pilgrimage to Somerset for the ‘Green Scythe Festival’. I’ve been attending since it started in 2005 and now as well as the mowing, it’s a place to catch up with those friends who … Continue reading
Mowing Course at Sprint Mill
On Sunday I ran the first of my mowing courses at Sprint Mill near Kendal in Cumbria. The course is designed to introduce people to mowing with a scythe or provide a refresher for those who would like to be … Continue reading
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Tagged course, cumbria, learn to mow, learn to scythe, mowing, orchard, scythe, sprint mill
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Mowing course in Austria
Time is flying; a week ago I held my first scythe mowing course of the year. Back in 2009 I saw a beautiful orchard, full of daisies and other flowers on the front page of the “Schloß Puchberg’s” catalogue of workshops … Continue reading
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Tagged Austria, Christiane Lechner, course, mowing, scythe, teaching
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